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    Ending Marijuana Prohibition in Colorado 

    A view from the Colorado Highway Safety Off ice  

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    Glenn Davis:

    Manager of Highway Safety for ColoradoDepartment of Transportation (CDOT),

    Governor's Highway Safety Office (HSO) since

    2004.

    Retired from Littleton Police, Littleton Colorado.

    1979-2004

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    Objectives:

    • Prevent the spread of new

    “medical” marijuana

    initiatives

    • Stop any more states from

    legalizing marijuana for

    recreational use

    • Start planning to repeal

    “medical” and recreational

    marijuana laws

    Plan new approaches formarijuana policy in the

    United States

    • Good To Know 

    FIGHTING MARIJUANA

    LEGALIZATION

    National Working Group Meeting 

    http://www.goodtoknowcolorado.com/http://www.goodtoknowcolorado.com/

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    •Advocate

    •Candor

    •Realist

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    Colorado Marijuana Environment

    • Amendment 20: 2000-2008

    • Medical MJ Expansion: 2009-Tipping Point

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    Amendment 64

    • twenty-one years of age

    • State licensing of cultivation, product manufacturing, testing facilities,retail stores;

    • local governments to regulate or prohibit such facilities;

    • excise tax to be levied upon wholesale sales of marijuana;

    • $40 million to public school capital construction assistance fund:

    • requiring the general assembly to enact legislation governing the

    cultivation, processing, and sale of industrial hemp

    Amendment 64: The Regulate Marijuana Like Alcohol Act of 2012

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    Amendment 64 Campaign

    • Road to reform 

    • Amendment 64 

    • Yes on 64 

    • Tancredo 64 

    • Safer Communities 

    • Melissa 

    • Hey Mom 

    • Hey guys No to 64 

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    Section 16. Personal use and regulation of marijuana (1) Purpose and findings.

    ELEMENTS:

    EFFICIENT USE OF LAW ENFORCEMENT RESOURCES

    ENHANCING REVENUE

    PERSONS TWENTY-ONE YEARS OF AGE OR OLDER

    TAXED AND REGULATED SIMILAR TO ALCOHOL.

    DRIVING UNDER THE INFLUENCE OF MARIJUANA SHALL REMAIN ILLEGAL

    NO PUBLIC USE

    Amendment 64

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    20 Medical vs. 64 Recreational

    Constitutional Amendments

    Amendment 20 Medical

    (2000) 

    Amendment 64 Recreational

    (2014) • Debilitating medical condition

    • Affirmative defense or exemptionfor possession

    • Caregivers provide product

    • Plant count

    • A person < 21 can legally obtain

    medical marijuana

    • Caregiver can be 18 years old

    • Tax 6%

    Anyone ≥ 21 can . . .

    •Can possess up to 1 oz. of marijuana

    • Paraphernalia is legal

    • Can grow, process and keep the yield

    of 6 plants (3 mature at one time)

    •Can assist others with growing

    • Legal to transfer 1oz or less without

    remuneration

    • Tax 28%

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    Amendment 64 Implementation

    Planning

    24 members

    Amendment 64 Task Force Working Groups

    1. Regulatory Framework

    2. Local Authority and Control

    3. Tax, Funding, and Civil Law

    4. Consumer Safety and Social Issues

    5. Criminal Law (Colorado Law Enforcement-CDOT-Colorado State Patrol-

    Impaired Driving Issues)

    http://www.colorado.gov/cms/forms/dor-tax/A64TaskForceFinalReport.pdf  

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    Amendment 64 Traffic Safety

    Recommendations

    • Advanced Roadside Impaired Driving

    Enforcement (ARIDE) Peace Officer Standard

    Training (POST) requirement.

    • Definition of Marijuana Impairment

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    Amendment 64 Traffic safety

    Recommendations/Dispositions

    • (ARIDE) Peace Officer Standard Training (POST)

    encouraged to be a requirement.

    • $98,000 to train DREs to be ARIDE instructors

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    Amendment 64 Traffic safety

    Recommendations/Dispositions

    • Colorado Definition of Marijuana Influence(Impairment):

    5ng or more of delta 9-tetrahydrocannabinol permilliliter of the whole blood = permissible inference of

    influence

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    Toxicology - Marijuana 5 ng. permissible inference

    Where a driver is found to have 5 ng. of Delta 9 THCin whole blood, a jury will receive an instructionindicating that it may infer that the defendant is

    substantially incapable of safely driving.

    Permissible inference definition carried through DUI

    alcohol.

    From presumptive to reasonable inference!

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    Colorado only Reasonable Inference State

    Now

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    Know your marijuana terms!

    • 11-Hydroxy-THC  – the main psychoactivemetabolite of THC formed in the body aftermarijuana consumption.

    • 11-nor 9 Carboxy THC  – the mainsecondary metabolite of THC, which isformed in the body after marijuana isconsumed. It is not active.

    •  Delta 9 THC  – the main psychoactivesubstance found in marijuana.

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    Know your data/example 

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    2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012

    37 39 43 47 4963

    53

    25*

    Not Included in FARS Data

    Fatalities Where an Operator TestedPositive for Marijuana

    SOURCE:  NHTSA, FARS, CDOT.*RMHIDTA (**2012 only)

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    Drugged Drivers Involved in Colorado Fatal Crashes 

    Crash Year  Fatalities  Drivers

    Involved 

    Number of Drivers

    Tested for Drugs  

    Number of Drivers with Positive Drugs Found Number of Fatalities Involving a "D rugged

    Driver" 

    Number of Drivers Tested Positive for

    Cannabis  

    Number of D rivers Tested Pos itive for Cannabis

    plus Other Drugs 

    Number  Percentage (%)  Number  Percentage (%)  Number  Percentage (%)  Number  Percentage (%) 

    2003  642 876 360 123 1 4.0% 146 22.7% 40 4.6% 16 1.8%

    2004  667 951 226 43 4.5% 52 7.8% 20 2.1% 10 1.1%

    2005  606 847 392 85 10.0% 94 15.5% 29 3.4% 7 0.8%

    2006  535 721 355 75 10.4% 8 5 15.9% 2 7 3.7% 11 1.5%

    2007  554 789 348 81 10.3% 94 17.0% 26 3.3% 4 0.5%

    2008  548 712 353 72 10.1% 89 16.2% 31 4.4% 8 1.1%

    2009  465 653 291 82 12.6% 89 19.1% 37 5.7% 5 0.8%

    2010  450 601 292 75 12.5% 83 18.4% 42 7.0% 9 1.5%

    2011  447 587 301 93 15.8% 107 23.9% 5 2 8.9% 9 1.5%

    2012  474 632 288 78 12.3% 89 18.8% 36 5.7% 9 1.4%

    2013  481 627 293 108 1 7.2% 128 26.6% 44 7.0% 12 1.9%

    2014  488 684 310 120 17.5% 136 27.9% 83 12.1% 25 3.7%

    Washington Research /

    http://wtsc.wa.gov/research-data/traffic-safety-studies/http://wtsc.wa.gov/research-data/traffic-safety-studies/

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    Future Challenges/Impaired Driving

    State Position/DATA

    • Q: What about DUIDs? Are more peoplesmoking and driving because of legalization?

    • 1) Here’s what we know: Colorado State Patrol statistics show that, throughNovember 2014, 611 of a total of 5,076 (12%) of impaired-driving citationswere issued for marijuana-only citations.

    • This will form the baseline for future measurements, as this was the first

    year that marijuana-related citations were compiled separately from allother DUI/DUID citations. That means we can’t compare these numbers tothose of previous years.

    • Additionally, these data only reflect citations issued by CSP, not by other lawenforcement agencies throughout the state.

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    Driving Under Influence

    Note: Citation type is classified according to the trooper’s impressions of the reason for impairment. Total Marijuanacitations includemarijuana alone, marijuana plus alcohol, and marijuana plus other drugs.

    Source: Data provided by Colorado State Patrol, 7/9/2015.

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    1432

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    893 940

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    Colorado State Patrol DUI Citations

    Alcohol only Total Marijuana Citations Other drugs

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    Current Environment/DUI

    C.R.S. 42-4-1301

    Driving under the influence/ impaired:

    Misdemeanor for a person under the influence (substantially incapable) or impaired (slightest

    degree) of alcohol or one or more drugs, or a combination of both alcohol and one or more

    drugs to drive a motor vehicle.

    Challenges:

    • DUI statute includes all impairing substances: Alcohol, Cannabis, Narcotics, Toxic Vapors etc.

    No incentive for more investigation once an impairment (Alcohol) is established• DUID?

    • Data? Pre Marijuana Legalization, Colorado State Patrol Data Efforts

    • Poly drug use in drivers (Alcohol-Cannabis?) 4ng THC, .04 BAC?

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    Current Environment/Preliminary Testing

    Preliminary Testing:

    • Lawful contact with a person who has been driving a vehicle, suspects person was driving

    under the influence or while impaired by alcohol.

    • Challenges:

    • Preliminary Testing at roadside is limited to alcohol testing by statute.

    • Technology exists, statute prohibited

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    Current Environment/Express Consent

    Express Consent (Drugs):

    • Probable cause to believe a person has been driving a motor vehicle under the

    influence/impaired by drugs the person has given their express consent to submit to a test of

    their blood to determine the drug content.

    Challenges:

    • Drivers can refuse

    • 31% of Department of Revenue Express Consent hearings in 2014 were refusal based (7,300)

    • Refusing drivers can reinstate after 2 months of no driving and 2 years ignition interlock

    • Consenting drivers can be revoked for exceeding Alcohol level (.08 BAC) not for exceeding

    THC level (.5ng)

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    Current Environment/Peace Officer Training

    Peace Officer Training:

    Peace Officer’s receive 24hrs of SFST and DUI Enforcement training in basic academy training.

    Peace Officer Training Administered by CDOT-Highway Safety Office:

    • SFST Updates

    • ARIDE

    DRE-NHTSA

    2014 Funds from Colorado Chiefs-Colorado Department of Law Marijuana Taxes $510,000

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    Roadsides and MJ

    • The Challenge:

     – None of the original validation studiesinvolved marijuana.

     – 1980s studies for validation of alcoholimpairment at .100

    • How do we address it?

     – New validation studies? – Green labs?

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    Colorado Impaired Driving MJ Summary

    • One statute for DUI (alcohol/drugs)

    • Preliminary testing devices exist but, cannot be used under current statute

    • Arrestee can refuse chemical testing (+30%)

    • All drivers in fatalities not tested (+40%)

    • Law Enforcement:

    Academy training is 24hrs specific to DUI alcohol involved

    SFST’s were validated in 1980’s for impairment at .100 Blood Alcohol Concentration 

    CDOT’s goal of 300 Drug Recognition Experts would be less than 2% of Colorado Law

    Enforcement Population

    • Marijuana user community beliefs to marijuana and driving:

    Driving under the influence of marijuana is safer than alcohol

    Are less to get a DUI for being under the influence of marijuana

    Don’t believe marijuana impairs driving

    MJ Driving Washington GHSA_DruggedDriving2015 

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d6gLrnJxS8chttp://ghsa.org/html/files/pubs/GHSA_DruggedDriving2015_R7_LoRes.pdfhttp://ghsa.org/html/files/pubs/GHSA_DruggedDriving2015_R7_LoRes.pdfhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d6gLrnJxS8c

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    CDOT Marijuana Impaired Driving Campaign

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    First Campaign Marijuana Impaired Driving 2011

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    CDOT PR Team on Research

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    • Surveyed attitudes and behaviors related tomarijuana usage and impaired driving through a

    phone survey of 770 Colorado roadway users 

    Conducted Survey Research

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    • Conducted 6 focus groups (recreational users,medical users, marijuana industry workers,

    Spanish-language dominant users)

    • Discussed marijuana use, knowledge ofmarijuana impaired driving laws, marijuana

    driving behavior, message testing

    Conducted Focus Group Research

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    • Males, ages 18-34, more likely to consume marijuana

    • Nearly a quarter of marijuana users have driven a motor vehicle

    after consuming

    • Those who drove within 2 hours of consuming marijuana did so,on average, 17 times a month

    • One third of respondents agreed that it’s safer to drive under theinfluence of marijuana than alcohol

    • If used marijuana in past year, half as likely to think a personcould get a DUI an hour after consuming as those who had never

    used

    Phone Survey Results

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    • Low awareness that you can get a DUI forconsuming marijuana

    • Most participants drive “high” and most do soon a regular basis

    • All felt it was safer to drive under theinfluence of marijuana versus alcohol

    • Tested humor-based, informational andenforcement-based messages.

    • Informational messages resonated most

    Focus Group Research Results

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    NHTSA Drug and Alcohol Crash Risk Study

    • Largest such study conducted to assess the comparative risk of drunk and drugged driving.

    • 20 months in Virginia Beach, Va.

    • Drivers were tested for a wide range of drugs, but marijuana was the only drug found in large

    enough numbers for statistically significant findings.

    •  Drivers at alcohol level of 0.08 percent, were about four times (400%) more likely to crash

    than sober drivers.

    • Marijuana users were about 25 percent more likely to be involved in a crash than drivers with

    no evidence of marijuana use.

    • Other factors – such as age and gender – appear to account for the increased crash risk

    among marijuana users.• Ongoing research will refine our understanding of when marijuana use by drivers increases the

    risk of crashing. 

    Stoned Drivers Safer 

    NHTSA Study 

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pwRNX7Ag5Owhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pwRNX7Ag5Owhttp://www.nhtsa.gov/About+NHTSA/Press+Releases/2015/nhtsa-releases-2-impaired-driving-studies-02-2015http://www.nhtsa.gov/About+NHTSA/Press+Releases/2015/nhtsa-releases-2-impaired-driving-studies-02-2015https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pwRNX7Ag5Owhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pwRNX7Ag5Owhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pwRNX7Ag5Owhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pwRNX7Ag5Owhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pwRNX7Ag5Owhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pwRNX7Ag5Ow

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    Drive High, Get A DUI Creative

    Concept Research told us that our targetaudience would not respond well to

    finger-pointing or scare tactics, sowe decided to use humor toeducate. The approach took aneutral stance; not condoning or judging.

    The hyper-focus exhibited by thecharacters in our spots is ametaphor for impairment whendriving high.

    In a 30-second TV spot you can

    only have one message and need tokeep it simple: Drive High, Get aDUI.https://www.codot.gov/safety/alcohol-and-impaired-driving/druggeddriving 

    https://www.codot.gov/safety/alcohol-and-impaired-driving/druggeddrivinghttps://www.codot.gov/safety/alcohol-and-impaired-driving/druggeddrivinghttps://www.codot.gov/safety/alcohol-and-impaired-driving/druggeddrivinghttps://www.codot.gov/safety/alcohol-and-impaired-driving/druggeddrivinghttps://www.codot.gov/safety/alcohol-and-impaired-driving/druggeddrivinghttps://www.codot.gov/safety/alcohol-and-impaired-driving/druggeddrivinghttps://www.codot.gov/safety/alcohol-and-impaired-driving/druggeddrivinghttps://www.codot.gov/safety/alcohol-and-impaired-driving/druggeddrivinghttps://www.codot.gov/safety/alcohol-and-impaired-driving/druggeddrivinghttps://www.codot.gov/safety/alcohol-and-impaired-driving/druggeddrivinghttps://www.codot.gov/safety/alcohol-and-impaired-driving/druggeddriving

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    Developed Collateral Materials

    Developed posters and marijuana and driving FAQ and distributed to rental car agencies at

    the airport and to marijuana dispensaries throughout the state. Very positive feedback, had

    dispensaries requesting more and saying that they stapled the FAQ to packaging. Drive High, Get a DUI' campaign launches

    High Get a DUI MJ Driving

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9HOsZd9ReOUhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nE6akAblkPUhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S1w8mYU207ghttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CQrz9FUHb5g&feature=youtu.behttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CQrz9FUHb5g&feature=youtu.behttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S1w8mYU207ghttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nE6akAblkPUhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nE6akAblkPUhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9HOsZd9ReOU

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    Latino Marketing

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    • Social Media: Over 130 posts on Facebookand Twitter

    • YouTube: 1,000,000 + views, 960 likes

    (compared to 340 dislikes)• Media Placements:

    • Print: 41 placements, over 2.5 millionimpressions and $48,241.41 publicityvalue

    • Online: 764 placements, over 871 millionimpressions and $405,567.60 publicityvalue

    • TV: 67 placements, over 13 millionimpressions and $949,838.69 publicityvalue

    Post Campaign Media Results

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    • In a post campaign phone survey of nearly 800 Coloradoroad way user:

    • Nearly half (46%) of Front Range respondents and morethan a third (35%) of Non Front Range respondents noticedthe slogan, “Drive High, Get A DUI” 

    Post Campaign Survey Results

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    4/20 & The Cannabis Cup

    The 5th Annual Cannabis Cup in Denverattracted 37,000 marijuana enthusiasts

    from around the world during the

    weekend of 4/20. This was the ideal

    event to reach the Drive High, Get a

    DUI target audience.

    In an effort to reach our audience in a

    creative way, we made custom labels

    (see label on left) with information

    about marijuana laws and attached

    them to thousands of bags of Cheetosand Goldfish.

    Overall responses from attendees were

    extremely positive. People immediately

    noticed the label on the front and

    shared pictures of it via social media.

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    4/20 & The Cannabis Cup:

    Event Pictures

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    4/20 & The Cannabis Cup:

    Event Pictures

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    4/20 & The Cannabis Cup:

    Results

    Distributed 4,620 bags at the cannabis cup within an hour and a half. Received 58 media

    placements with a total publicity value of over $25,000.

    4/20 & Th C bi C

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    4/20 & The Cannabis Cup:

    Results

    4/20 & Th C bi C

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    4/20 & The Cannabis Cup:

    Results

    Colorado law-enforcement-switch-message-to-safe-pot-use 

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    Drive High Get a DUI

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    Opportunities/Responsibilities

    • Evaluation of statutes:

    The Colorado Task Force on Drunk or Impaired Driving supports:

    Preliminary testing devices of drug involvement

    Creation of new statistical tracking to properly document the number of DUI arrests

    categorized by alcohol involved, drug involved and alcohol and drug involved*

    Fatal Analysis Reporting System (FARS)

    • CDOT, CTFDID=Responsibilities: Learn/Lead

    Examples:

    Partner with national partners to evaluate Standard Field Sobriety Testing (Drugs)

    Evaluate use of marijuana test subjects in Drug Recognition Expert Training labs

    Host 2016 IACP/DRE Conference on Impaired Driving in Denver

    Partnerships in Outreach 

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pwRNX7Ag5Ow

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    • Identified MJ Industry Leader(s)

    • Reached out to leaders with mutual concerns

    • Utilized partners for focus groups

    • MJ representative on State DUI Task Force• Presented at MJ industry events

    • Mutual Press Opportunities

    • CDPHE/NHTSA (Region) partnerships

    • Do not underestimate MJ advocates passion andresources (Primary Seat Belt)

    • Belief vs. Knowledge

    • Governor's MJ Working Group

    • MJ Data Group

    • MJ Education Committee

    http://www.riverrockcolorado.com/http://50.22.11.7/~mobifrie/medicinemandenver.com/

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    Lessons LearnedBeware the Tipping Point

    Position your agency for funding*

    Plan for Media early/opportunities-data

    Be, find or designate the “Expert” for impaired driving-marijuana

    Advocate for traffic safety. Don’t let it get lost.

    Seek partnerships early

    Focus on what you can changeKeep focus on impairment (ng-device)

    Know your partners positions/MJ industry/State/NHTSA

    Colorado: Responsibility to Lead, Opportunity to Learn

    Use environment for opportunities:

     – Data – Promote DRE and ARIDE DRE 

     – DRE School “Green Lab”

     – Roadside Evaluation (SFST)

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    Contact

    Glenn Davis

    CDOT Highway Safety Manager

    303-757-9462

    [email protected] 

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